By Adam Fletcher and Ullstein Buchverlage

After two Spiegel best-selling books exploring the quirks of German culture, I find I've become somewhat of a pundit for German life. Unsure about my position, and with severe doubts about my expertise, I decided to take on a series of integration challenges. Unfortunately, the vast majority go horribly wrong. Readers will learn:

What happens when someone of no musical talent creates a Schlager song.

Why you shouldn't accept a ride from a Mitfahrgelegenheitvan containing a mattress and a cat with one eye.

What watching seventy hours of German TV in a week does to your health (and faith in humanity).

How to really annoy a Beamte.

Why it's not a good idea to Nordic Walk through Ballermann 6, Mallorca.

Why you shouldn't attend a Schützenfest if you can neither drink nor march.

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Make Me German is a 400 page, half English, half German book. Perfect for both language learning Ausländers and international Germans. Lovingly written, with a lot of humour, and avoiding the usual national clichés, I recount my adventures of trying to become German. On the way, I reaffirm why this country and its inhabitants have such a special place in my heart.

Sample chapters from Make Me German

Want to read some sample content? No problem. Here you can read selected excerpts from four of the book's chapters.

Introduction

Why everyone should try being an expat

You see, expats get to experience a unique phenomenon, called The Foreigner Bonus Vision. This is like a magic pair of glasses, which we wear each day of our foreign existence. Through its special lenses, we get to peer out at a more interesting, colourful and exotic world. A foreign world...

About The Author

Adam Fletcher

Adam Fletcher is a 31 year old bald Englishman.

After several years in his adopted nation, Germany, he'd consider himself almost German, were it not for continued inability to separate his Akkusativ from his Dativ and his plastic recycling from his paper.

When not writing books and articles about his adopted nation, he mostly spends his days eating chocolate, and napping. In fact, no matter what time of day you're reading this, there is a 87.4% chance that he is napping. Shhhh!